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Preview for Week of 3-17-2008

March 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Preview for Week of 3-17-2008

This St. Patrick’s Day week includes some entries on the Court’s calendar —

On both Monday and Tuesday, the Court is scheduled to hold a private […]

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Cases in the News 3-15-2008

March 15th, 2008 · Comments Off on Cases in the News 3-15-2008

Waller I.S.D. Bond Litigation Draws To a Close, Sort Of

The Houston Chronicle has an article reporting on the Texas Supreme Court’s dismissal on Friday of […]

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Order List of 3-14-2008

March 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on Order List of 3-14-2008

With today’s order list, the Court did not decide any pending cases or set any new cases for argument.

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Where Does a Tenth Staff Attorney Fit on the Lineup Card? [Updated]

March 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on Where Does a Tenth Staff Attorney Fit on the Lineup Card? [Updated]

A friend pointed out to me that there is a new job listing on the Supreme Court of Texas website for a “Central Staff Attorney.” […]

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Tags: Practice Notes

NYT Article About State Supreme Court Influence

March 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on NYT Article About State Supreme Court Influence

Adam Liptak of the New York Times has a column today about the influence of state supreme courts on each other: “Around the U.S., High […]

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Preview for Week of 3-11-2008

March 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Preview for Week of 3-11-2008

The Court is scheduled to release its regular order list this Friday. There are no conferences or oral arguments scheduled this week.

Articles from the […]

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Order List of 3-7-2008

March 7th, 2008 · Comments Off on Order List of 3-7-2008

Although there were no decisions handed down in today’s order list, the Court did make some changes to its upcoming oral argument calendar. The […]

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Nuchia Loses Re-election Bid in Primary

March 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on Nuchia Loses Re-election Bid in Primary

There were other contested judicial primaries (although none in Travis County, where this blog is based). In the First Court, the incumbent Sam Nuchia […]

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Tags: Elections